Carpet and rug cleaning device



March 17, 1936. T. J. MccAULEY 2,034,661

- CARPET AND RUG CLEANINGDEVICE Filed Deo. 7, 1954 INVENTOR. rmzz J. fam/e] ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 1.7, 1936 UNI-TED STATES 2,034,661 CARPET AND RUG cLEANnvG nEvrcI-z Terrence John McCauley, Cleveland, Ohio, as-

signor to The Marvella Corporation, Cleveland,

hio, a corporation of Ohio Applicaties December 71, i934, semi Ne. '156,487 z claimt. (ci. 15-128)` My invention relates, in general, to cleaning devices and more particularly to Carpet, rugs, and upholstery cleaning device.

An object of my invention relates to the combination of a uid fountain brush, together with a fluid container and exlble feeding hose for supplying fluid to the bristles of the brush.

Another object of/my invention is the provision of a iluid distributing member adapted to be mounted among the bristles and arranged alon the underneath bristle side of the head of the brush. the distributing member having a. pluf rality of small outlet o removed from, the head oi" the brush.

A still further object of my invention is the provision of a longitudinal uid distributing member having ends which may be opened, so that a ,cleaning device may be passed through the longitudinal uid distributing member.

Other objects and a fuller understanding of my invention may be had by referring to the following description and claims, taken in combination drawing, in which: Figure 1 represents a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a fluid distributing member, embodyingthe features of my invention; Figure 2 is a plan view of the fluid distribution member shown in Figure 1, and illustrates the location of the small outlet openings through which the fluid passes to feed the bristles of the Figure 3 illustrates a foimtain brush embodying the features of my invention. and

Figure 4 illustrates the combination of a fountain brush and a supply container, embodying the features of my invention.

With reference to the drawing, my invention is shown in combination with a brush having a head I5 and bristles I8 mounted thereon. 'lhe handle 2| may be attached to the head l5 of the brush in any suitable manner. as by havingthe lower end of the handle t into asuitable opening 26 in the h I 5.

- Mounted among the bristles and along the underneath bristles side of the head I5, is a 1ongitudinal fluid distribution member' I0, see Figure 3. An enlarged cross-sectional view of the fluid Y. distribution member In is shown in nwe 1. Atl tached to the fluid distributing member I Il is a vertical upright extension II which may be referred to as the fluid feeding member. Any suit# able means may be utilized to connect the vertical 5 feeding member to the uid distributing member I0. In actualpractice, I und that a good strongV connection is effected by brazing the vertical feeding member II to the longitudinal distribution member III. Accordingly, the combination 10 of the uid distribution member III and the uid feeding member II constitutes a unit, which may be connected to,l or removed from, the headlof the brush as a single piece. illustrated best in Figure 2, the longitudinal fluid distributing meml5 ber I0 is provided with a plurality of small iluid openings I4. These small iiuid openings I4 are arranged in a, staggered relationship in the upper longitudinal portion of the fluid distributing member, so that, when the fluid distributingr member 20A is mounted under the head I5, the fluid, as it passes through the small staggered fluid openings, is directed upwardly towards the underneath bristles side `of the head 'This uniformly distributes the uid through ut the brushes. 'Ihis 25 distribution is very essential to the successful operation of the brush, and is made possible only by reason of the fact that the small openings I4 are 4arranged in' the upper longitudinal half of the uid distributing memberl.- As illustrated in 30 Figure 1, each end of the longitudinal fluid distributing member I Il is provided with a screw plug I2, which may be removed when cleaning the inside of the fluid distributing member to allow a cleaning device to pass therethrough. 35 AThe head 'I5 of the brushis provided with an opening through which the vertical feeding member I I is inserted. Any suitable means may beemployed to hold the vertical feeding member II `within the head I5 of .the brush. To this end, I 40 illustrates. collar 28- which rests upon the upper surface of the head I5 and which has a set screw 29 for securely holding the vertical feeding member II within the opening of the brush head I5.

I also nd that the collar 28 may be dispensed 45 with by making the vertical feeding member II t snugly within the opening of the brush head I5. When mounted, the vertical feeding member II extends beyond the top of the head I5 and Vis adapted to have the free end of the flexible hose 50 23 slipped over the end thereof. This allows the uid of the container 22, which may be any suitable cleaning iluid or shampoo; to ow to the distributing member I0. A metal ferrule 24 is mounted around the free end of the flexible hose 55 ber I0 by means of gravity while the operator' it is from time to time connected to, or disengaged from, the top end of the vertical feeding member ll. The rate at which the Vfluid flows from the container 22 may be governed by the setting of the valve 25.

When operating my device, the fluid container 22 is mounted upon a suitable support 30 which may be either a chair or a pedestal, so that the cleaning fluid will flow to the distributing memuses the brush which is uniformly supplied with the correct amount of fluid by the adjustment of the valve 25.

Although I have described my invention with a certain degree of particularity, itis understood that the present disclosure has been made only by way of example and that numerous changes in the detalls of construction and the combination and arrangement of-parts maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit and the scope ofthe invention as hereinafter claimed.v

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination with a fluid fountain brush having a head and an opening therethrough, and bristles mounted on the head, of. a longitudinal uid distributing member disposed among the bristles andarranged along, and in close proximity to the bristle side of the head, so that the upper longitudinal central yportion of the fluid distributing member is positioned along close to the underneath side of the head, a fluid feeding member connectedto-the fluid' distributing member and arrangedvto extend through and beyond the said opening in the head of the brush, said fluid distributing member having a plurality of small off-set openings for the fluid to pass therel through and feed the bristles, the said openings being arranged in the upper longitudinal portion of the fluid distributing member, and off to either side of the upper longitudinal central portion of the uid distributing member, so that the off-set outlet openings clear the underneath side of the head and so that the fluid as it passes through the small openings is directed upwardly and outwardly at an angle toward the underneath bristle side of the head and thereby cause the fluid to spread outwardly upon the bristle side of the head and uniformly feed the outside bristles, as well as the inside bristles next to the fluid distributing member.

2. The combination with a fluid fountain brush having a head and bristles mounted on the head, of a longitudinal fluid distributing member disposed among the bristles and arranged along the bristle side of the head, said fluid distributing member having a plurality of small offset outlet openings for the fluid to pass therethrough and feed the bristles, the said openings being arranged in the upper longitudinal portion of the uid distributing member, and off to either side of the upper longitudinal central portion of the fluid distributing member, so that the fluid as it passes through the small openings is directed upwardly and outwardly at an angle toward the underneath bristle sideof the head and thereby cause the fluid to spread outwardly upon the bristle side of the head and uniformly feed the outside bristles, as well as the inside bristles next to the fluid distributing member.

TERRENCE JOHN MCCAULEY. 

